Example sentences of "[num] [verb] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus SMC corresponds to plant with a maximum capacity Q ' and SMC 2 to plant with a maximum capacity Q 2 . |
| 2 | The experience of the Highlands and Islands Development Board ( 23 ) indicates that on those farms using HIDB loans to assist development schemes , full-time labour ( occupiers and workers ) increased by 30% between 1969 and 1972 compared with a regional decline of 8% during the same period . |
| 3 | Measurements of the HI and CO lines enable one to infer for each point on the sky the column density of HI and H 2 moving with a given velocity , but the inferred H 2 column densities are cruder because of the extra interpretive step required . |
| 4 | Haycocks III met with a mixed response so that although there was a general welcome for the appearance of the document , virtually all respondents were unhappy with the nature and content of the paper as it stood . |
| 5 | 1940 met with a joyful response everywhere . |
| 6 | In 1938 Young Communist League membership stood at 4,500 compared with a total Party membership of 16,000 , while at the Birmingham Congress of that year 226 of the 539 delegates were under the YCL age limit of 30 . |
| 7 | The new year of 1946 began with a bitter chill across England . |
| 8 | Sonnet 143 begins with a leisurely analogy involving a housewife putting her child down in order to pursue a runaway chicken . |
| 9 | Liverpool in 1981 , for example , had 13 per cent of households in SEGs I and II compared with a national figure of 23 per cent . |
| 10 | 4 Continue with a middle section reverse punch . |
| 11 | At the opposite end of the scale is the 1956 Handel Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 4 performed with a full-bodied string section that will surely appear heavy-handed for present-day tastes . |
| 12 | Chapter 4 begins with a brief description of the modes of assessment used and contains the main body of the results of testing . |
| 13 | Peri 's prologue is a strophic solo with instrumental ritornello ; scene I ends with a 12-bar ‘ madrigalian ’ chorus of nymphs and shepherds ( composed by Caccini in both operas ) which serves as refrain to brief solos by two nymphs and a shepherd , and the other scenes have similar finales , those to 2 and 4 also by Caccini . |
| 14 | In March America had its smallest monthly trade deficit for almost eight years : $4 billion compared with a monthly average of $8.5 billion in 1990 . |
| 15 | Nevertheless it can come as a shock to a trained accountant to discover that 21 billion of net expenditure is accounted for in this way : no assets ; no liabilities , just an excess of payments over receipts of 20 ; 8 billion compared with a budgeted excess of 20.6 billion . |
| 16 | The programmes of two Soirees are worth recording ; the one in October 1865 started with a Public Tea at 6 o'clock precisely and was followed by the Chairmans 's Address Duet T is the hour for music Mrs Baker & Miss Russell Song Scenes of Home Mr. Bate Address — Rev.J.McFadyen Song Auld Robin Gray Miss Russell Duet What are the Wild Waves Saying Mr Bate & Mrs Baker Address — Capt.J.C . |
| 17 | Chapter Ten commenced with a brief examination of the economic determinants of consumer demand , and then turned to a detailed analysis of the following behavioural determinants of consumer demand , namely : * individual motivation ; * individual personality ; * culture ; * life-style . |
| 18 | Chapter Ten begins with a brief outline of the economic determinants of consumer demand . |
| 19 | Version 2.0 comes with a new object-oriented graphical user interface debugger — the company claims the new release can offer up to four times the productivity of the previous release . |
| 20 | CGM metafiles will do , Symphony Release 3 comes with a ready made supply . |
| 21 | ‘ An offender armed with a knife is in the same 14 year category as one armed with a blunt instrument . |
| 22 | Two other men were wounded in the shooting , which happened as three men , one armed with a sawn-off shotgun , were leaving the post office at Tara , Co Meath . |
| 23 | The 1990s began with a dramatic upturn of the fortunes of thousands of prisoners of conscience across eastern and central Europe . |
| 24 | Resolution 706 dealt with a partial export resumption , up to a total value of $1.6 billion over a period of six months , to enable Baghdad to import medical supplies and foodstuffs . |
| 25 | Psalm 1 begins with a graphic contrast between two entirely opposed ways of life : |
| 26 | Operating profit for the period was twenty seven point four million compared with a pro-forma level of nineteen point four million last year an increase of forty one per cent . |
| 27 | 1882 began with a fresh wave of enthusiasm . |
| 28 | The testers found that a Heat Mirror has a ‘ heat loss factor ’ of 1.4 compared with a single window 's factor of five . |
| 29 | ‘ What 's a Versace or two compared with a Corosini costume ? ’ he said encouragingly . |
| 30 | ‘ Good morning , ’ the shorter of the two said with a charming smile . |